The Earth Implodes

The Earth Implodes

Modded episode	Keen 1
Protagonist	Commander Keen
Author(s)	Benvolio
Status	Complete
Release date	2020-05-20
Latest update	2020-07-19
Homepage	Benvolio's Workbench
Discussion(s)	PCKF Keen: Modding
Number of levels	12
Secret levels	0
New gameplay?	No
New graphics?	Yes
New levels?	Yes
New sounds?	Yes
New music?	No
Download	newest (version 1.1) version 1.0
Vote	0.00 (0 votes)

The Earth Implodes is a Keen 1 mod released by Benvolio in 2020.

Story

Commander Keen hears word that Mortimer McMire has planned to destroy earth using nuclear technology stolen at the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union. He must travel over to the old USSR to find the radioactive isotopes, before it is too late.

Items

The point items in this mod are eastern european delicacies. The items are as follows:

Appearance	Item Name	Description	Value	Notes
	Cold Borscht	A soup, coloured pink with beetroot	256 points
	Beef Stroganoff	A ubiquitous Russian type of stew	512 points
	Slivovitz	A delicious plum brandy, in this case from Yogoslavia	1280 points
	A shot of Stoli	Stolichnaya is Russian Vodka	2560 points
	Rare Red Army MRE	A rare MRE (Meal, Ready to Eat) left over from the Red Army	8192 points
	Keycards	As a nod to original Doom, there are three keycards, not four	three different keys for various doors
	Battery	Provides raygun with ammunition	5 ammo

Enemies

The enemies in this mod are as follows:

Appearance	Enemy Name	Description	Effect	Notes
	Wraith	Hostile partially human being	Lethal to Keen, unpredictable in its movements. Can however be stunned.
	Robot	Highly aggravated robot with multiple dangerous electrical sparks	Charges with unprecedented aggression, and has jumping abilities that allow it to move throughout the levels.
	Fire bot on rails	Rapidly moving robot on rails.	Contact with this robot is fatal!
	Sentry	Sharpshooting sentry with a raygun	Fires early. Fires often. Avoid.

Levels

In the world map, there are two forks; one has levels 4 and 5 and the other has levels 8 and 9. In each fork, only one level is necessary for beating the game, therefore the other level can be skipped.

• 

  1: Unknown level name

  Required? No

  Points ??

  Ammo ??

• 

  2: Unknown level name

  Required? Yes

  Points ??

  Ammo ??

• 

  3: Unknown level name

  Required? Yes

  Points ??

  Ammo ??

• 

  4: Unknown level name

  Required? Yes

  Points ??

  Ammo ??

• 

  5: Unknown level name

  Required? Yes

  Points ??

  Ammo ??

• 

  6: Unknown level name

  Required? Yes

  Points ??

  Ammo ??

• 

  7: Unknown level name

  Required? Yes

  Points ??

  Ammo ??

• 

  8: Unknown level name

  Required? Yes

  Points ??

  Ammo ??

• 

  9: Unknown level name

  Required? Yes

  Points ??

  Ammo ??

• 

  10: Unknown level name

  Required? Yes

  Points ??

  Ammo ??

• 

  11: Unknown level name

  Required? Yes

  Points ??

  Ammo ??

• 

  12: Unknown level name

  Required? Yes

  Points ??

  Ammo ??

• 

  80: USSR Remains (world map)

  Required? Yes

  Points 0

  Ammo 0

• 

  81: Ending

  Required? No

  Points 0

  Ammo 0

• 

  90: Title screen

  Required? No

  Points 0

  Ammo 0

Technical Information

• Graphics: custom graphics by Benvolio
• Levels: 12 levels, 1 worldmap
• Includes a modified status screen, a modified EGA 16-colour palette, and extensive use of tileinfo
• New sounds
• Tools used (incomplete list): ModKeen, CKPatch, Mindbelt, TileInfo, Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7, KeenFX.
• In accordance with Benvolio's policies of gameplay, there is no patch restricting the GOD or CT-SPACE cheats.